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Duchess of York offered to help secure PPE early in COVID-19 pandemic, inquiry hears

  • Sarah Ferguson offered to help source PPE in April 2020, stating she had contacts with access to PPE in China during the Covid pandemic, according to inquiry emails.
  • The inquiry revealed the Royal Family in Dubai also offered assistance with PPE procurement via Michael Gove and Lord Agnew.
  • Evidence showed an email stating, The Duchess of York has been in contact with Lord Deighton to try and help source PPE.
  • An inquiry official mentioned that high-profile contacts like the Duchess of York were handled by very senior people, indicating a sensitivity in addressing such outreach.
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Sarah Ferguson had contacts with 'access to PPE in China' during Covid-19 pandemic

Sarah Ferguson offered to use her connections in China to source PPE during the early months of the Covid pandemic, an inquiry has heard

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Duchess of York offered to help secure PPE early in COVID-19 pandemic, inquiry hears

The duchess offered to try and help source protective equipment "from contacts in China" a month into the first lockdown, a PPE procurement team member told the inquiry.

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Duchess of York offered to try to source PPE from China during lockdown, inquiry hears

Early in the pandemic Sarah Ferguson told officials she had ‘contacts with access’ and wanted to ‘get these through the system’

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Sarah, Duchess of York offered to help secure PPE in pandemic, inquiry told

The inquiry was shown an email dated April 2020 as it heard evidence from Dawn Matthias, who was seconded into the team aiming to secure PPE.Sarah, Duchess ...

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Sarah, Duchess of York offered to help secure PPE in pandemic, inquiry told - Jersey Evening Post

Sarah, Duchess of York was among the people who offered to try to help secure PPE in the early months of the Covid crisis, an inquiry has heard. The royal family in Dubai also got in touch with the UK government, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry was told, as officials endeavoured to get hold of protective equipment such as gloves and aprons in the early days of the pandemic in spring 2020. The inquiry was shown an email dated April 2020 – weeks after the…

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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